Senior MS SQL & Oracle Database Engineer- Riyadh, KSA

DeepSource Technologies; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepSource Technologies seeks a Senior MS SQL & Oracle Database Engineer to lead the management and support of critical banking databases in the UAE. The role requires hands-on expertise with MS SQL Server and Oracle in on-premises clustering, DR setups, and high-availability configurations.

You will troubleshoot complex issues, tune queries for performance, and coordinate with infrastructure, application, and network teams to maintain continuous database service in a banking environment.

Qualifications

• Banking sector experience mandatory.
• Total IT experience 10+ years.
• 7+ years hands-on MS SQL and Oracle experience.
• Strong MS SQL clustering in on-premises environments.
• Strong Oracle clustering in on-premises environments.
• Hands-on MS SQL and Oracle replication experience.
• Experience supporting DR sites and replication/DR environments.
• Advanced troubleshooting and MS SQL query performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Administer and support MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in banking environment.
• Manage on-premises MS SQL and Oracle clusters.
• Configure and support clustering, replication, and DR environments.
• Support replication between production and DR sites.
• Troubleshoot availability, performance, and connectivity issues.
• Fine-tune MS SQL queries and analyze execution plans.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize queries.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of database environments.
• Support incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
• Collaborate with infra, app, network, and other tech teams to resolve issues.
• Ensure banking requirements are met in maintenance activities.

Skills

MS SQL Server

Oracle Database

Database clustering

Replication

Disaster Recovery

Performance tuning

SQL query optimization

Banking domain experience

On-premises infrastructure

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

SQL Server Management Studio

Oracle SQL Developer

Job description

WE are looking for a highly experienced Senior MS SQL & Oracle Database Engineer to manage and support critical database infrastructure within a banking environment.

The ideal candidate must have strong banking experience and extensive hands-on expertise in Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases, including on-premises clustering, replication, Disaster Recovery (DR), advanced troubleshooting, and SQL query performance tuning.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and support MS SQL Server and Oracle databases in a critical banking environment.

• Manage and maintain on-premises MS SQL and Oracle database clusters.

• Configure and support database clustering, replication, and DR environments.

• Support database replication between primary production environments and DR sites.

• Troubleshoot complex database availability, performance, and connectivity issues.

• Perform advanced troubleshooting and fine-tuning of MS SQL queries.

• Analyze query execution and identify performance bottlenecks.

• Ensure database environments maintain high availability and operational reliability.

• Support database-related incidents and perform root-cause analysis.

• Work closely with infrastructure, application, network, and other technical teams to resolve database issues.

• Support database maintenance and operational activities in accordance with banking requirements.

• Banking experience – Mandatory.

• 10+ years of total IT experience.

• Minimum 7 years of hands-on experience with MS SQL Database and Oracle.

• Strong hands-on experience with MS SQL clustering in on-premises environments.

• Strong hands-on experience with Oracle clustering in on-premises environments.

• Hands-on experience with MS SQL and Oracle replication.

• Hands-on experience supporting DR sites and database replication/DR environments.

• Advanced troubleshooting and MS SQL query performance tuning experience.